The Grand Canyon Reader
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"I've been on his raft in the Grand Canyon, so I can attest to the fact that Lance Newman can row through both the currents of the Colorado River and the many literary tributaries that have given us great literature on this most unique of American places. The canyon is so many things to so many people: a holy land, an incision into the deep time of geology; a place of great and dangerous adventure; an imperiled landscape and a site in which to think about what our relationship to the natural world could and should be. Newman's superb anthology gives us splendid selections that carry the reader...
"I've been on his raft in the Grand Canyon, so I can attest to the fact that Lance Newman can row through both the currents of the Colorado River and the many literary tributaries that have given us great literature on this most unique of American places. The canyon is so many things to so many people: a holy land, an incision into the deep time of geology; a place of great and dangerous adventure; an imperiled landscape and a site in which to think about what our relationship to the natural world could and should be. Newman's superb anthology gives us splendid selections that carry the reader along on the current of the best and most varied nature writing." --Rebecca Solnit, author Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas "To really understand the wonders of the Grand Canyon, we need to see it through the eyes of others. In this reader, Lance Newman opens that world to us. The Grand Canyon of Craig Childs is a long way from that of Colin Fletcher, not to mention John Muir or Joseph Ives, but Newman guides us confidently through all these perspectives and many more. He has selected well, and we are the richer for it. Read this book." --William C. Tweed, author of Uncertain Path: A Search for the Future of National Parks "These are the Canyon's literary 'greatest hits' alongside lesser known but extremely interesting accounts. Demonstrating an impressively refreshing range of perspectives and experiences, this is a remarkable anthology of 500 years of human interaction with the Canyon." --Michael Branch, co-author of The Height of Our Mountains: Nature Writing from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mounts and Shenandoah Valley
